law: Trade Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 
  37. Investigation into Restrictive Trade Practices by Commission.
  (1) The Commission may inquire
  
  into any restrictive trade practice, whether the agreement, if any, relating
  
  thereto has been registered under section 35 or not, which may come before it
  
  for inquiry and, if, after such inquiry it is of opinion that the practice is
  
  prejudicial to the public interest, the Commission may, by order, direct that-
  (a) the practice shall
  
  be discontinued or shall not be repeated;
  (b) the agreement relating
  
  thereto shall be void in respect of such restrictive trade practice or shall
  
  stand modified in respect thereof in such manner as may be specified in the
  
  order.
  (2) The Commission may, instead of
  
  making any order under this section, permit the party to any restrictive trade
  
  practice, if he so applies, to take such steps within the time specified in
  
  this behalf by the Commission as may be necessary to ensure that the trade
  
  practice is no longer prejudicial to the public interest, and, in any such
  
  case, if the Commission is satisfied that the necessary steps have been taken
  
  within the time specified, it may decide not to make any order under this
  
  section in respect of that trade practice.
  (3) No order shall be made under
  
  sub-section (1) in respect of –
  (a) any agreement
  
  between buyers relating to goods which are bought by the buyers for consumption
  
  and not for ultimate resale whether in the same or different form, type or
  
  specie or as constituent of some other goods;
  
  
  (b) a trade practice which is expressly authorised by any law for the time
  
  being in force.
  (4) Notwithstanding anything
  
  contained in this Act, if the Commission, during the course of an inquiry under
  
  sub-section (1), finds that the owner of any undertaking is indulging in
  
  monopolistic trade practices, it may, after passing such orders under
  
  sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) with respect to the restrictive trade
  
  practices as it may consider necessary, submit the case along with its findings
  
  thereon to the Central Government for such action as that Government may take
  
  under section 31.