IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 7593 of 2009. Date of Decision : 4.2.2010. Harneet Kaur ......Petitioner Versus S. Savitoz Singh ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Munishwar Puri, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Navjot Kaur Chabba, Advocate, for the respondent. NAWAB SINGH J. Challenge is to the order dated October 30th, 2009 passed by Additional District Judge, Amritsar, whereby, application filed by petitioner-wife to allow her to sign the written-statement filed by her in a petition presented by her husband-respondent under section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, was dismissed. 2. Written-statement was verified by the petitioner but it was not signed. It is a statutory requirement that the pleadings should be signed and verified by the party. If error is committed, it does not mean that it cannot be cured. The procedural law is meant for sub-serving the ends of substantive justice than to thwart it. The omission to sign or verify the pleading in a proper manner is not such a flaw that cannot be allowed to be cured. 3. Thus, the revision petition is accepted. Order under challenge is set-aside. The trial Court shall allow the petitioner to file a fresh written-statement so that she can sign and verify as required by law and shall then proceed further in the matter. 4. It is recorded for the sake of clarity that filing of the fresh written-statement shall not give petitioner a right to amend the written-statement as already filed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 4.2.2010. som/SN