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 "case_number": "R/Special Civil Application Nos. 25294 of 2007 with 13000 of 2008",
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   "descriptor": "Godhra resident"
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 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/sca252942007gjhc240551872007192924042025-2025gujhc24473-598344.pdf",
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  "https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/gujarat-high-court-godhra-train-burning-2002-dismissal-constables-291090",
  "https://lawbeat.in/amp/news-updates/sabarmati-burning-couldve-been-prevented-if-escort-cops-did-their-duty-gujarat-hc-1400183"
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 "summary": "The Gujarat High Court upheld the removal from service of nine Gujarat Railway Police constables for abandoning escort duty on the Sabarmati Express on 26-27 February 2002. The Court found they made a false entry at Dahod that they were departing by that train but instead boarded the Shanti Express, leaving the A-category train without any police escort when coach S-6 was set ablaze at Godhra killing 58 people. It rejected the pleas of bias and disproportionality, holding the bogus entries and abandonment proved and the penalty consonant with the Bombay Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules. Both petitions were dismissed on merits. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Gujarat High Court upheld the removal from service of nine Gujarat Railway Police constables for abandoning escort duty on the Sabarmati Express on 26-27 February 2002. The Court found they made a false entry at Dahod that they were departing by that train but instead boarded the Shanti Express, leaving the A-category train without any police escort when coach S-6 was set ablaze at Godhra killing 58 people. It rejected the pleas of bias and disproportionality, holding the bogus entries and abandonment proved and the penalty consonant with the Bombay Police (Punishment and Appeal) Rules. Both petitions were dismissed on merits; officer full names follow the research agent as the order PDF was not text-extracted.",
 "court_quote": "If, the petitioners had departed in Sabarmati express train itself to reach Ahmedabad, the incident that have occurred at Godhra could have been prevented.",
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 "verdict_note": "Removal of 9 railway constables upheld (Justice Nanavati, 24 Apr 2025); verified via detailed LiveLaw report quoting order.",
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   "date": "2025-04-24",
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