Judge P B Desai said that summons should be issued to these witnesses "at appropriate and relevant stage of trial".
The judge also said that "some witnesses can be dropped at a later stage if there is a possibility of repetition of their testimonies, but however, in absence of any objections (by prosecution) and while recognising the right of the accused to examine defence witnesses, I am of the opinion that the number of witnesses sought to be examined is neither unreasonable nor unjustified."
In the Naroda Gam case, she requested the court to call Shah and others as defence witnesses to prove that she was not present at the scene of crime on February 28, 2002, a day after the Godhra train burning incident which led to riots.
Her application said she wanted Shah's examination to prove that she had met him in the Assembly in Gandhinagar and then at Sola Civil hospital here that day as the bodies of Godhra train incident victims were brought there.
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To prove this, she wanted to summon 13 other persons, including former BJP MLA Amrish Patel, the then superintendent of civil hospital Dr Anil Chaddha, staff of her hospital and a man whose child was allegedly born at her hospital that day.
The Naroda Gam massacre was one of the nine major riot cases from Gujarat investigated by a Special Investigation Team.
Eleven people belonging to the minority community were killed at Naroda Gam. A total of 82 people are facing trial.