Lawyers presumed to Know law, not judges

There is presumption in law that lawyer knows the law but there is no absolute presumption that a judge should know the law. A Judge is only called upon to balance the two sides of an argument presented before him

J. Rajiv Narain Raina in Punjab and Haryana High Court in Nirmal Singh and Others vs. Tarsem Singh and Others [CR No. 3791 of 2013 (O&M) dated 01-05-2014]