# Gujarat High Court bars third party with RTI applicant inspecting records 2026-08-08T16:24:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Gujarat High Court has ruled that an RTI applicant who is not fluent in the language of the records to be inspected cannot bring a third person to assist them. The court said allowing a third party to accompany the applicant would effectively mean sharing information with that person, which is not permitted under the Right to Information Act. The court permitted the applicant to inspect the records alone but denied the request for a companion. The observation came in a petition where the applicant sought to inspect documents but was not conversant with the language. ## Coverage - livelaw.in Tags: Gujarat High Court, language barrier, right to information, RTI, third party, transparency Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/gujarat-high-court-bars-third-party-with-rti-applicant-inspecting-records/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/gujarat-high-court-bars-third-party-with-rti-applicant-inspecting-records/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.