Who comes to Equity, Must do Equity

Any one seeking assistance of a court of equity must, as a conduction to obtaining relied, do justice as to the matters in which the role of the court is sought for. If anyone willing to have the justice of equity then should always be ready to return equity to others.

It means that to obtain an equitable relief the plaintiff must himself be prepared to do equity.

Purpose :-
         The Purpose of this Maxim is to prevent multiplicity of legal proceedings.

    
   Application:-
               This Maxim has application on the following cases:

1. ILLEGAL LOANS:
                If one has taken illegal loan he must payback the loan before relief is given in favor of him.
   
   
2. DOCTRINE OF ELECTION:
               If a doner give his own property to E and in the same instrument property to give E's property to N. E will be unable to claim the whole of the gift to him unless he allows the gift to x to take effect. This is called doctrine of election
   
   
3. CONSOLIDATION:
            If a person who has become entitled to two mortgages and refuses to permit the exercise of the equitable right to redeem one mortgage without the other
   
   
4. NOTICE TO REDEEM MORTGAGE:
           A mortgagor who wants to exercise his equitable right to redeem his mortgage in order to do so he must give a reasonable notice to the mortgage
   
   
5. EQUITABLE LIEN:
         If a knowingly allows B to improve A's property in the belief that it is his wife's own property A may be prevented from recovering his property without payment of C's expenditure.
   
   
6. WIFE'S EQUITY TO A SETTLEMENT:
            Law of equity recognize the wife's equity to a settlement right to a separate estate in certain circumstances and her right to detach property.