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Therefore, no party can claim a relief of injunction as a matter of right, and the court has a discretion to refuse the grant of an injunction in suitable cases.

20. It was laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Dalip Singh v. State of U.P. 2010 (2) SCC 114, that a new creed of litigants has cropped up who do not have any respect for truth 2026:HHC:13032 and shamelessly resort to falsehood and unethical means for achieving their goals. The Courts should evolve new rules to deal .

rt Independence era, and the people used to feel proud to tell the truth in the courts irrespective of the consequences. However, the post-Independence period has seen drastic changes in our value system. Materialism has overshadowed the old ethos, and the quest for personal gain has become so intense that those involved in litigation do not hesitate to take shelter in falsehood, misrepresentation and suppression of facts in the court proceedings.

2. In the last 40 years, a new creed of litigants has cropped up. Those who belong to this creed do not have any respect for truth. They shamelessly resort to falsehood and unethical means for achieving their goals.

In order to meet the challenge posed by this new creed of litigants, the courts have, from time to time, evolved new rules, and it is now well established that a litigant who attempts to pollute the stream of justice or who touches the pure fountain of justice with tainted hands is not entitled to any relief, interim or final."

rt "5. The High Court, in our view, fell into patent error. The short question before the High Court was whether, in the facts and circumstances of this case, Jagannath obtained the preliminary decree by playing fraud on the court. The High Court, however, went haywire and made observations which are wholly perverse. We do not agree with the High Court that "there is no legal duty cast upon the plaintiff to come to court with a true case and prove it by true evidence". The principle of "finality of litigation" cannot be pressed to the extent of such an absurdity that it becomes an engine of fraud in the hands of dishonest litigants. The courts of law are meant for imparting justice between the parties. One who comes to the court must come with clean hands. We are constrained to say that more often than not, the process of the court is being abused. Property-grabbers, tax evaders, bank-loan-dodgers and other unscrupulous persons from all walks of life find the court process a convenient lever to retain the illegal gains indefinitely. We have no hesitation to say that a person whose case is based on falsehood has no 2026:HHC:13032 right to approach the court. He can be summarily thrown out at any stage of the litigation."