Apple Seeks Delhi Court Halt to CCI Antitrust Probe

Apple Inc. has filed an urgent request with India's Delhi High Court to halt an antitrust investigation by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into its iPhone app market practices, accusing the regulator of overstepping its authority amid a potential penalty of up to 38 billion.

The April 24 court submission, which came after the CCI issued an ultimatum earlier this month, seeks a hearing as soon as May 15 to block the regulator's scheduled final hearing on May 21. The CCI has demanded Apple's detailed financial information since 2024 to calculate penalties following its finding that the company abused a dominant position in the iOS app distribution market. Apple has resisted, arguing that it is separately challenging India's entire antitrust penalty calculation framework in the New Delhi court and that the CCI must await judicial resolution.

In its filing, Apple stated that the "commissions decision to schedule a final hearing represents an escalation in its efforts to usurp the Honble Courts authority." The submission responded to a CCI order from April, in which the regulator noted that Apple had been given adequate opportunities to submit objections to the...