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| Affront to dignity, patriarchal, sexist: SC on two-finger test on rape survivors |
| 2022-11-02 |
[GREATERKASHMIR] The Supreme Court on Monday said a woman's sexual history is wholly immaterial while adjudicating whether the accused raped her, and anybody who conducts the two-finger test on rape survivors would be guilty of misconduct.
It also declared the invasive procedure as patriarchal and unscientific, which re-victimises and re-traumatises the women.
A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said: "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." |
| Posted by:Fred |