Facts: JG filed a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition before the Supreme Court. BSA filed a comment stating that the jurat of the Verification and Certification of Non-Forum Shopping failed to indicate a valid identification card as provided under A.M. No. 02-8-13-SC.
Held: Indeed, A.M. No. 02-8-13-SC, dated February 19, 2008, calls for a current identification document issued by an official agency bearing the photograph and signature of the individual as competent evidence of identity. Nevertheless, we hasten to clarify that the defective jurat in the Verification/Certification of Non-Forum Shopping is not a fatal defect, as we held in In-N-Out Burger, Inc. v. Sehwani, Incorporated. The verification is only a formal, not a jurisdictional, requirement that the Court may waive. [Galicto vs Aquino, G.R. No. 193978, February 28, 2012]
