Offering volume-based discounts doesn’t constitute abuse of dominance under Competition Act

Competition Commission of India Vs Schott Glass India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court held that Schott (principal domestic manufacturer) offering volume-based discounts doesn’t constitute abuse of dominance under section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002. Facts- The proceedings have their genesis in an information lodged on 25 May 2010 by Kapoor Glass under Section 19 of the Act. Kapoor Glass alleged that Schott India, then the principal domestic manufacturer of neutral USP-I borosilicate glass tubing, had abused its dominant position by offering exclusionary volume-...