Case Name: In the Matter of Ram Kishan Mital, Appellant, v. Consul-General, Consulate General of India, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-11-21
Citations: 233 A.D.2d 226
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Ram Kishan Mital, Appellant, v Consul-General, Consulate General of India, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 233
Pages: 226–227

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Ram Kishan Mital, Appellant, v Consul-General, Consulate General of India, Respondent.
[650 NYS2d 116]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Da vid Saxe, J.), entered April 4, 1995, which denied petitioner's application pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel respondent to confirm and authenticate an affidavit of petitioner for use in India, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The act petitioner would have respondent perform—confirming and authenticating an affidavit pursuant to the Diplomatic and Consular Office (Oath and Fees) Act of 1948 (India)—is obviously an "exercise of consular functions", and, as such, under article 43 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, cannot be compelled by "the judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving state" (21 UST 77, 104, TIAS 6820 [1970]). Accordingly, the proceeding was properly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Kupferman, Williams and Andrias, JJ.