IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 12635 of 2001 Date of Decision: 21.07.2010 Ramesh Chand .... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present :- Mr. Ashok Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Paramjit Batta, Addl. A.G. Haryana for the respondent-State 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? Yes 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes ALOK SINGH, J. (ORAL) This case was adjourned on 14.7.2010 at the request of learned counsel for the petitioner. Even today, learned counsel for the petitioner is not able to argue the case despite of repeatedly asking by this Court. He is not providing any assistance to this Court. Hon'ble Apex Court in the matter of Smt. Poonam vs. Sumit Tanwar, AIR 2010 SC 1384 has observed as under:- “In absence of proper assistance to Court by the lawyer, there is no obligation on the part of the Court to decide the case, for the simple reason that unless the lawyer renders the proper assistance to the Court, the Court is not able to decide the case. It is not for the Court itself to decide the controversy. The counsel cannot just raise the issues in his petition and leave it to the Court to give its decision on those points after going through the record and determining the correctness thereof. It is not for the C.W.P. No. 12635 of 2001 2 Court itself to find out what the points for determination can be and then proceed to give a decision on those points. In case counsel for the party is not able to render any assistance, the Court may decline to entertain the petition. Moreover if the petition is decided in such cases the judgment given may be violative of principles of natural justice as the opposite counsel would not “have a fair opportunity to answer the line of reasoning adopted” in this behalf. In view of the dictum of the Apex Court without assistance of an Advocate, this Court is not in a position to decide the lis. Dismissed. (ALOK SINGH) 21.07.2010 JUDGE reena