India, Nov. 27 -- Apple has taken the Indian government to court over a new antitrust penalty framework that allows fines to be calculated on a company's global turnover rather than its India revenue. The company has filed a constitutional challenge in the Delhi High Court, arguing that the revised formula is unfair, disproportionate, and violates legal principles.

According to a Reuters report, Apple's petition targets the 2024 amendments that updated how the Competition Commission of India determines financial penalties in antitrust cases. The company fears that if the Competition Commission applies the global turnover rule in its ongoing probe into the iOS app market, the penalty could reach nearly 38 billion dollars based on Apple's ...