The first day of sales of the iPhone 15 smartphone on September 22, 2023 in Mumbai, India.
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Apple has filed a case against the country’s anti-trust body in the Delhi High Court over how it considers global turnover while calculating fines.
The iPhone maker, one of India’s fastest-growing smart phone brands, is challenging India’s new antitrust law, under which the US company could be fined up to $38 billion. report via Reuters.
It added that it was “unconstitutional, grossly disproportionate, unfair” for the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to use turnover while calculating fines.
Apple did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
CCI have checked Complaints have been made by a consortium of Indian startups and the Tinder-owner Match Group which accuses Apple of “abusive conduct” that forces developers to pay high commissions for in-app purchases.
Apple denied the allegations.
The CCI’s final verdict is still pending but it said its “prima facie view (is) that Apple’s mandatory use of IAP for paid apps and in-app purchases restricts the choice available to app developers to choose their preferred payment processing system”, in an order in December 2021.
Apple recorded its highest ever quarterly shipment in India at 5 million units in the third quarter of 2025. data From IDC.
The company is expected to sell around 15 million iPhones in India this year and could be among the top five smartphone companies there, said Navkender Singh, Associate Vice President, IDC India. said on CNBC’s “Inside India”. On 18 November.
Apple is among global companies that are diversifying their manufacturing supply chains from China to India. In 2024, Apple exports From India hit a record $12.8 billion, up more than 42% year-over-year.
