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Definition Of Clean Hands Doctrine:

It refers to the rule of law where the court does not support or is not in favour of the person who have morally or legally acted wrongly in that subject matter of the case.

This doctrine can be used by the defendant disputing the charges of the plaintiff, stating that the plaintiff have clean hands on the matter and have been involved in wrong doing. For example, in a divorce case, the defendant can state that his wife had concealed about her assets at the time of marriage and is still doing so. He has to provide evidence of the same.If proven thru, the court would not award the full value of alimony to the wife by the way of clean hands doctrine.

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