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India antitrust chief backs global turnover penalty amid Apple legal challenge

By Freny Patel ( January 16, 2026, 15:16 GMT | Insight) -- Apple’s legal challenge to India’s global turnover-based penalty regime has drawn a firm defense from the head of the domestic antitrust authority. Competition Commission of India Chairperson Ravneet Kaur said at a conference Friday that structured guidelines ensure proportionality by balancing aggravating and mitigating factors to deliver effective deterrence against market abuse by global tech giants.In a tacit but firm rebuttal to ongoing legal challenges by global tech giant Apple, head of India's antitrust authority defended the controversial "global turnover" penalty regime....

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