is the handmaiden of justice. This Court in Jai Jai Ram Manohar Lal v. National Building Material Supply, Gurgaon27 : “5. …. Rules of procedure are intended to be a handmaid to the administration of justice. A party cannot be refused just relief merely because of some mistake, negligence, inadvertence or even infraction of the Rules of procedure.” We also find support for our conclusion in the judgment of this Court passed in Uday Shankar Triyar v. Ram Kalewar Prasad Singh and Another28 : “17. Non-compliance with any procedural requirement relating to a pleading, memorandum of appeal or application or petition for relief should not entail automatic dismissal or rejection, unless the relevant statute or rule so mandates. Procedural defects and irregularities which are curable should not be allowed to defeat substantive rights or to cause injustice. Procedure, a handmaiden to justice, should never be made a tool to deny justice or perpetuate injustice, by any oppressive or punitive use.