India's highest court has banned the use of the so-called two-finger test on suspected rape victims in several states.
The judges said the tests had no scientific basis, as reported by the Indian legal portals “Live Law” and “Bar and Bench” on Monday.
The tests would traumatize women again.
"The test is based on the incorrect assumption that a sexually active woman cannot be raped."
In these "tests," doctors use two fingers to judge the elasticity of a woman's vagina to infer whether she should be comfortable with sex.
"The probative value of a woman's testimony does not depend on her sexual history," the judges argued.
"It's patriarchal and sexist to suggest that you can't believe a woman was raped just because she's sexually active."
In 2013, India's highest court ruled that the "test" was unconstitutional.
Nevertheless, it continued to be used in some cases.
The court has now ordered relevant states to end this practice and no longer present the "two-finger test" in medical education as a possible examination method for alleged rape victims.