India, Dec. 1 -- The Delhi High Court (HC) has reportedly directed the corporate affairs ministry and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to respond within a week to Apple's petition challenging India's antitrust laws.

As per news agency PTI, a bench, comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, questioned the government on why the turnover of other products should be counted if the alleged abuse relates to a specific product.

This came as the HC was hearing Apple's plea challenging Section 27(b) of the Competition Act and recent CCI guidelines, which allow the watchdog to impose fines of up to 10% of a company's average global turnover for the last three years.

During the hearing, Apple report...