The regulation of prices is an important aspect of marketing because price directly influences consumer welfare, demand, competition, market share, and the profitability of business firms. In a market economy, prices are generally determined by the interaction of demand and supply, but firms may sometimes attempt to manipulate prices, restrict competition, exploit consumers, or adopt unfair pricing practices. In India, various legal measures have been introduced to prevent such practices and to protect consumers. The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act, 1969 and the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, later replaced by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, have played significant roles in this regard. While the MRTP Act primarily focused on controlling monopolistic and restrictive trade practices, consumer protection legislation focused on safeguarding consumers against unfair trade practices, defective goods, deficient services, and misleading commercial practices. The MRTP Act, 1969 was enacted with the objective of preventing the concentration of economic power in a few hands, controlling monopolistic practices, and prohibiting restrictive trade practices that could adversely affect competition and consumer interests. From the marketing perspective, the Act was significant because the pricing decisions of dominant firms could affect the availability of products, market competition, and the prices paid by consumers. A firm with substantial market power could potentially manipulate prices, restrict supplies, impose discriminatory conditions, or use other practices to weaken competitors. The Act attempted to regulate monopolistic trade practices that were considered harmful to the public interest. A monopolistic practice could involve a business enterprise using its market strength to maintain excessive prices, restrict production or supply, or otherwise exploit consumers. Such practices could result in consumers paying higher prices than would prevail under competitive market conditions. Therefore, regulation under the MRTP framework was connected with the broader objective of ensuring reasonable competition and preventing consumer exploitation. Restrictive trade practices were also important in relation to price regulation. These practices could restrict or distort the flow of goods and services and interfere with normal competition. Practices such as agreements that affected prices, conditions of supply, or market availability could have an indirect or direct effect on consumers. For example, if businesses coordinated their commercial behaviour to maintain prices at an artificially high level, consumers could suffer through higher expenditure and reduced choice. The MRTP framework therefore attempted to discourage practices that could adversely affect competition and consumer welfare. The MRTP Commission was given an important role in dealing with cases involving monopolistic