Indus Towers Limited case: Is the Court justified in using the “clean hands” doctrine?

Characterised by A. P. Herbert in Uncommon Law by his fictional Judge Mildew saying (as Herbert says, “less elegantly”), “A dirty dog will not have justice by the court”. “He who comes into equity must come with clean hands” is an equitable maxim in English law (or alternatively, equity will not permit a party to profit by his own wrong).Characterised by A. P. Herbert in Uncommon Law by his fictional Judge Mildew saying (as Herbert says, “less elegantly”), “A dirty dog will not have justice by the court”. “He who comes into equity must come with clean hands” is an equitable maxim in English law (or alternatively, equity will not permit a party to profit by his own wrong).taxmann.com Latest ArticlesRead More

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