I'd like to change my position in your table as well, I'm not standing with BA. I was only misreading the CoC the same way the agents were. I was under the impression that the rule for India (i.e. that the connecting flight had to be on the same ticket) was for everywhere, but I was obviously wrong, mea culpa!
I'd however add that turning up early on a fringe case is a must, but that's already been said.