Overview
- India’s Competition Commission issued a confidential December 31 order giving Apple a final, one‑week deadline and saying it will advance the case unilaterally if no response arrives.
- The regulator cited repeated extensions since October 2024, when it asked Apple to file objections to investigators’ findings and to submit financial data used to assess penalties.
- CCI investigators concluded in 2024 that Apple engaged in abusive conduct in the iOS apps market, a finding Apple disputes.
- Apple is contesting the use of global turnover to calculate fines in the Delhi High Court, with the next hearing scheduled for January 27, 2026, and a source says the company is unlikely to respond before then.
- Apple has warned potential exposure could reach about $38 billion, and the case—sparked by complaints from TWFS in 2021 and Match Group and Indian startups in 2022—may shape how India enforces competition rules against multinational tech firms.