What is 'Two-finger test' of sexual assault victims, what SC said
This is not the first time the SC has expressed its disapproval with the two-finger test. The Centre's guidelines on examining victims of sexual assault also forbid it, but the practice continues.
“The so-called test is based on the incorrect assumption that a sexually active woman cannot be raped. Nothing could be further from the truth — a woman’s sexual history is wholly immaterial while adjudicating whether the accused raped her,” the court said.
This is not the first time the SC has expressed its disapproval with the two-finger test. The Centre’s guidelines on examining victims of sexual assault also forbid it, but the practice continues.
What is the two-finger test, and what attempts have been made to stop it? We explain.
What is the ‘two-finger test’?
A woman who has been sexually assaulted undergoes a medical examination for ascertaining her health and medical needs, collection of evidence, etc.
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