原计划9月9-10日在 Mart举行的印度电子烟展览会Vape Expo India,在展会仅剩下3天的9月6日,主办方正式对外公布本届印度展会取消!一时间,各种传言纷纷在各大社交平台流出。与此同时,《电子烟世界》杂志也在第一时间积极和主办方取得联系,力争获得第一手准确消息,并及时对外发布。同时将协助主办方和参展企业办理展会取消后的各种相关事宜。
北京时间9月9日晚,印度展主办方给《电子烟世界》杂志发来宣布展会取消后的第一次正式解释函,现全文公布如下,包含英文原文和中文翻译内容:
Dear Arlen,
As you are now aware, the Vape Expo India 2017 has been off due to and . You must all have about what and we hope that the below helps you .
to the by our local , Orbis , we had to the of and , of and the of Home in India, as far back as on March 27, 2017, for to the Vape Expo in Noida, India.
We got an for the event from The of on June 27, 2017. The of Home had also not any with the of the event.
The of and had also not any with the of the event until 31, 2017.
For the first time on 2.9.2017, we were of two dates 31.8.2017 and 1.9.2017 by the of and us for the the India Vape Expo any .
On being made aware of this on 2, 2017, we to India on 3, 2017. We in New Delhi, India on 4, 2017 and in India.
We were by our that the of was and any basis. Thus, we were to file a Writ in the Delhi High Court to quash / set aside the , so that the Expo could .
We our to file the Writ in the Delhi High Court and the same was and filed on 6, 2017.
On the same day, our for an of the the Chief of Delhi High Court. The was to be heard on the same day. Such a is only where the Court the grave in the .
The came up for at 4.15 pm on 6, 2017. Our the Judge of the Delhi High Court that there was no merit or legal basis for the by the of and .
The for the were also . Upon to the Judge about the law under which the was , upon their , the Court a day's time, i.e., 7, 2017, to the Court of the legal basis for the of the . , the of the , the for the that there was , ban on the Vape Expo India by the State of Uttar .
This meant that while the of the of the by the , i.e. by the of and , was by the Court, the fresh ban on the Vape Expo India by the State of Uttar made it to with the Expo.
While our were that they would in the ban in the High Court, Uttar , being the Court which could the fresh ban, we did not have the time to in a fresh the new and ban.
Today, we in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court. Our to have the by the of and set aside. , been by a ban at the last stage by the State and due to our , it was to go ahead with the Vape Expo India. We our best and took to all at our to the Expo.
We are happy to your and you may also feel free to our in India for any on this . We will send a copy of the order of the Delhi High Court once it is made .
Send me you to make the .
Best ,
(全文翻译如下)
尊敬的罗扬先生:
正如您现在所知,由于不可避免和无法控制的外部影响,2017印度电子烟展览会已经被迫取消。您一定想知道具体情况,我们希望以下说明能够帮助您清楚地了解。
按照我们的当地咨询公司Orbis 的建议,我们早在2017年3月27日就已经向印度卫生和家庭福利部、外交部及内政部提交了申请,希望准许我们在印度诺伊达举办电子烟展览会。2017年6月27日,外交部批准了我们举办展览会的申请。内政部也没有对此次活动表示出任何保留意见。
卫生和家庭福利部直到2017年8月31日也没有对举办展会表示出任何保留意见。但是,在2017年9月2日,我们从卫生和家庭福利部接到了两封发出日期分别为2017年8月31日和2017年9月1日的信函,我们举办印度电子烟展览会的申请在没有给出任何原因的情况下就被否决。
在2017年9月2日接到这些否决信后,我们立刻在2017年9月3日动身前往印度。当2017年9月4日飞抵新德里后,我们立刻联系了印度的律师。
我们的律师告诉我们,对申请的否决是不合法的,没有任何依据。因此,律师建议我们立刻向德里高等法院提交诉状,请求撤销/驳回否决信,以便展览会能够继续举办。
于是,我们委托我们的律师向德里高等法院提交诉状,并在连夜准备好后于2017年9月6日提交了诉讼材料。
在同一天,我们的律师要求德里高等法院首席法官就此时举行紧急听证会。当天就安排了关于此事的听证会。这样的听证会只在法院认为此事相当紧迫时才允许举行。
针对此事的听证会于2017年9月6日下午4:15开始。我们的律师在德里高等法院独任法官面前明确指出,卫生和家庭福利部发出的否决信没有任何法律依据或法律基础。
印度政府方面的律师也作了陈述。由于他们未能向主持听证会的独任法官出示有说服力的据以否决申请的法律条款,在他们的要求下,法院同意给他们一天的时间,即在2017年9月7日向法院出示发出否决信的法律基础。不过,在听证过程中,印度政府方面的律师指出,北方邦政府随后也发出了另一项对于印度电子烟展览会的禁令。
这意味着2017北京电子烟展会,尽管印度政府(即卫生和家庭福利部)对于申请的否决受到法院的质疑,但北方邦政府新发出的对于印度电子烟展览会的禁令使得展览会不可能再继续举办。
虽然我们的律师相信,他们能够在北方邦阿拉哈巴德高等法院成功地挑战这一禁令,促使法院将其解除,但我们根本没有时间针对这一突如其来的新禁令再提起一场诉讼。
今天,我们在德里高等法院取得了胜利,我们的律师成功地使卫生和家庭福利部发出的否决信被撤销。不过,由于北方邦政府在最后一刻发出的禁令,加上超出我们控制的因素,印度电子烟展览会已经不可能再继续举办。为了此次展会,我们已经付出了我们最大的努力2017北京电子烟展会,动用了我们掌握的所有资源。
我们很高兴能够解答您的疑问。如果愿意,您也可以联系我们的印度律师,了解关于此事的任何进一步信息。一旦拿到德里高等法院的裁决,我们就会发给您一份副本。
请将您的公司信息发给我们,以便安排退费事宜。
谨致敬意!
附:6月27日,印度外交部批准了举办印度电子烟展览会的函件