Apple has asked an Indian court to stop the country's antitrust watchdog from seeking its global financial records as part of an investigation into its app store policies, while it challenges the underlying law's validity, court papers show. Apple is locked in a high-stakes legal battle with the Competition Commission of India (CCI), whose investigation accused the company of abusing its position on its app store. It has challenged the 2024 penalty rules in an Indian court, and the matter is pending. Apple argues that being forced to comply now would defeat its main legal challenge against India's penalty rules, which the CCI has defended as necessary to discourage breaches by multinationals. The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear the matter on January 27.

Source: The Telegraph January 22, 2026 11:12 UTC