LAWS(P&H)-2003-1-53

JASPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

Decided On January 31, 2003
JASPAL SINGH Appellant
V/S
STATE OF HARYANA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IT is a century old dictum that a person who does not come to the Court with clean hands is not entitled to be heard on the merits of his claim. The Supreme Court and this Court applied this dictum in the following cases for declining to hear the petitioner/appellant on the merits of his case :-

(2.) IN Jai Bhagwan v. Haryana State Electricity Board (supra), a Division Bench of this Court had observed as under :-

(3.) THE petitioner was elected as Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Dalipgarh in March, 2000 by defeating Jeeta Singh and others. Soon after the election, the petitioner presided over the meeting of Gram Panchayat, Dalipgarh held on 2.5.2002 in which the following resolution was passed :-