Two finger test should also be banned in cases of matrimonial dispute, demands Maha based Forensic Professor
In 2018, he had submitted a report to the Medical Council of India (MCI) seeking the removal of "virginity test" from the medical curriculum. Dr Khandekar, in his report, had highlighted the unscientific basis of the practice, the reasons for seeking its removal from the syllabus and how it violates human rights and leads to gender discrimination.;
Nagpur: A Maharashtra-based forensic medicine professor who has been fighting since 2010 for a ban on 'two-finger'/virginity test for 12 years has hailed the Supreme Court ruling as a landmark judgement prohibiting the practice in sexual assault cases and said it should be extended to matters of marital dispute too as it had no scientific basis.
Dr Indrajit Khandekar, working at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) in Sevagram near here, had been fighting since 2010 for a ban on the "virginity test" claiming it had no scientific basis.
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In 2018, he had submitted a report to the Medical Council of India (MCI) seeking the removal of "virginity test" from the medical curriculum. Dr Khandekar, in his report, had highlighted the unscientific basis of the practice, the reasons for seeking its removal from the syllabus and how it violates human rights and leads to gender discrimination.
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