# Rajasthan High Court quashes FIRs against MLA, calls it vendetta 2026-10-15T18:46:18+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday, 15 October 2026 quashed two FIRs against sitting Hanumangarh MLA Ganesh Raj Bansal, his wife Santosh Bansal and their daughter, holding the registration after 23 years an abuse of the process of law. Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed the complaints, filed by an RTI activist, were an act of political vendetta and harassment. The court noted Ganesh held no municipal position in 2003 and the dispute was known to the district administration since then. Separately, the same high court on Wednesday, 14 October granted interim arrest protection to Santosh Bansal in a fresh case involving missing municipal files and embezzlement. Justice Sanjeet Purohit found her claim of political motivation prima facie meritorious, citing multiple recent FIRs and a delayed complaint. The matter is listed after four weeks. ## Indian Opinion Analysis LiveLaw and The Times of India cover separate but related court orders from the same high court on consecutive days. LiveLaw reports the quashing of two 2003-era FIRs against the entire Bansal family, emphasising the court’s finding of political vendetta and abuse of process. The Times of India reports a new case against Santosh Bansal alone, where a different judge found her harassment claim prima facie valid and granted interim arrest protection, noting the earlier quashing. Both outlets present the court’s reasoning neutrally, but LiveLaw leads with the stronger quashing ruling while The Times focuses on the ongoing legal vulnerability. The two orders together show a court sceptical of delayed prosecutions but still entertaining fresh allegations. The next concrete step is Santosh Bansal’s hearing in four weeks. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - livelaw.in (neutral report) Leads with court's 'vendetta' language, straight report of order - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Focuses on fresh case and interim relief, neutral factual report This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Ganesh Raj Bansal, Indian Penal Code, Rajasthan High Court, Santosh Bansal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-high-court-quashes-firs-against-mla-calls-it-vendetta/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-high-court-quashes-firs-against-mla-calls-it-vendetta/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/