Overview
- Apple’s filing seeks to stop the antitrust regulator from obtaining its global financial records and to pause the investigation pending its challenge to the penalty framework.
- The CCI issued a private order on December 31 requesting Apple’s financials as it pursues a case over alleged App Store abuses, allegations Apple denies.
- The Delhi High Court is set to hear Apple’s petition on January 27.
- Apple says potential penalties could reach about $38 billion if calculated on global turnover rather than India revenue.
- The regulator has defended global-turnover fines as necessary for deterrence and, in a confidential order, refused a pause while citing repeated extension requests by Apple.