Overview
- Apple filed a regulatory submission on Thursday that says the Competition Commission of India’s investigation relied on rivals’ filings and outside material rather than independent analysis and asked the CCI to set aside its findings.
- CCI investigators privately concluded in 2024 that Apple engaged in abusive conduct on the iOS app platform by mandating its in‑app payment system, a finding Apple continues to deny.
- Apple has supplied the regulator with its India turnover for fiscal years 2022–24 as requested, even as it is separately challenging in court whether a 2024 law lets India base fines on global rather than local turnover.
- The CCI has accused Apple of delaying the process by withholding responses and pursuing parallel litigation, and senior CCI officials will hold a closed‑door hearing with all parties on July 21.
- The practical stakes are high because Indian law allows fines up to 10% of turnover over three years, Apple warns global‑turnover calculations could imply as much as about $38 billion, and the company asks the regulator to weigh its small India market share and $51 billion in exports from India as mitigation.