Apple has been given two more months to comply with India's antitrust investigation, even as it is being ordered to "fully cooperate" with orders to submit financial statements.
In its antitrust investigation against Apple, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been trying to get the company to submit audited statements for 2022 to 2024. Apple has so far refused to do so while it separately argues against details of the very law it is said to have broken.
Now according to The Next Web, the Delhi High Court has ordered Apple to hand over the financial information. However, as well as ordering Apple to "fully cooperate," the court also told the CCI not to issue its ruling before July 15, 2026.
The CCI has previously announced a final deadline of May 21, 2026. So Apple has been granted an extension of around two months.
Apple had asked for the whole process to be suspended, though, while it conducted this related challenge to India's penalty laws. The issue there is that the law was recently changed to increase the amount the country was allowed to fine companies.
The law change in essence means India can impose a fine based on a company's global turnover, just as Europe can. It's still not clear why Apple believes that this means it could face a fine of $38 billion.
But Apple is arguing that the new law is being applied retrospectively and only part of the 2022-2024 period should be subject to it.
Apple had hoped that it would be able to complete its case against this law before being compelled to submit its records to the CCI. It's conceivable that this two-month extension may allow that, but it's perhaps not likely.
Separately, India is continuing to demand the source code for iOS, and Apple is greatly expanding its iPhone manufacturing in the country.
