India, March 12 -- The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has reportedly backed Apple's contention, which sought to block Tinder owner Match Group and a clutch of Indian startups from accessing the big tech major's "commercially sensitive information" as part of an antitrust probe.

"The Commission notes that disclosure of such redacted information at this stage to ADIF and Match is neither necessary nor expedient . and disclosure of the same could potentially cause harm to the interests of Apple and other third parties," said a CCI order accessed by Reuters.

The order, dated March 3, reportedly also noted that Match Group was involved in "similar antitrust proceedings" with Apple elsewhere, and sharing such "commercially sensitive" i...