NEW DELHI, May 26 -- A Delhi court on Monday convicted All India Mahila Congress chief and former MLA Alka Lamba for assaulting security personnel and disobeying public orders during a 2024 protest at Jantar Mantar in support of women's reservation.

Additional chief judicial magistrate Ashwini Panwar of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that Lamba failed to fulfil her duty to maintain public order and ignored repeated police warnings declaring the protest illegal.

The incident took place on July 29, 2024, when the All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), the women's wing of the Congress, organised a protest at Jantar Mantar in support of women's reservation. Lamba was the main speaker at the event.

According to the FIR, around 1.30pm, Lamba and ot...