During the hearing of a petition seeking abolition of two-finger virginity tests in rape cases, the chief technical officer of the health department submitted that they had sought an academic/technical opinion on the proposed SOPs from professors of forensic medicine of three universities. File photo
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the provincial authorities to submit a progress report about finalisation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for medico-legal tests in rape cases.
When a petition seeking abolition of two-finger virginity tests in rape cases came up for hearing before a two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, the chief technical officer of the health department submitted that they had sought an academic/technical opinion on the proposed SOPs from professors of forensic medicine of three universities.