IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 6405 of 2001 (O&M) Date of decision: July 26,2010 Union of India .. Petitioner v. Smt. Chanan Kaur and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Puneet Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner. ... Rajesh Bindal J. At the time of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner did not raise any argument. In the absence thereof, this court is not required to deal with the claim made by the petitioner on merits. Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Smt. Poonam v. Sumit Tanwar, AIR 2010 SC 1384 observed that in the absence of proper assistance to the 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 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 court itself to find out what the points for determination can be and then proceed to give a decision on those points. It was further observed that in case in such a situation, if a petition is decide, the judgment given may be violative of the principles of natural justice, as the opposite party would not have a fair opportunity to answer the line of reasoning adopted by the petitioner. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge July 26,2010 mk