Requisites of Valid filing of Appeal under Section 34
1 Valid filing of Appeal: The filing has been authorized; it is accompanied by an award; material particulars are set out like names of the parties, grounds for impugning the award.
2 Defects in filing which are in the nature of procedural requirement, like not filing an affidavit in support, or, statement of truth, doesn’t invalidate filing.
3 Non-attestation of affidavit/ statement of truth, but signed, is only a procedural defect and do not render the Affidavit non-admissible and non-existent in the eyes of law.