They're not saying Apple can't sell used phones or that Indians can't buy and use used phones. All that's happening is that Apple can't classify their refurbis

They're not saying Apple can't sell used phones or that Indians can't buy and use used phones. All that's happening is that Apple can't classify their refurbished phones into a regulatory category they would like to classify them as. The fact this "news" source made that misinterpretation possible in the first place means they knew the story was boring. So they made it vague in a way that you wound assume the wrong thing.