TNPSC Thervupettagam

Ban on Two-finger test

November 7 , 2022 640 days 554 0
  • The Supreme Court ruled that those conducting the ‘two-finger test’ on alleged rape victims will be held guilty of misconduct.
  • Observing that the test was based on a patriarchal mindset that assumed that sexually active women could not be raped.
  • In May 2013, the Supreme Court had banned the two-finger test on rape victims on the grounds that it violates their right to privacy.

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