1. Subscription and verification of pleading.—In suits by or against a corporation, any pleading may be signed and verified on behalf of the corporation by the secretary or by any director or other principal officer of the corporation who is able to depose to the facts of the case.
Order XXIX Rule 1 CPC: Subscription and verification of pleading
Bare Act text
Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.
In simple words
In suits by or against a corporation, any pleading may be signed and verified on its behalf by the secretary, or by any director or other principal officer of the corporation who is able to depose to the facts of the case. The rule thus identifies the officers of a corporation who may sign and verify its plaint or written statement.