WARANGAL: In a show of immense persistence and determination, a Warangal resident, who was bought up by his single mother and suffered through several hardships, studied to become a lawyer and successfully managed to get his mother alimony from her ex-husband earlier this year, 30 years since their divorce in 1992.
While an alimony of Rs 30,000 per month was decided by the court, the lawyer, Sharath Babu, also managed to get a compensation of Rs 20 lakh for his mother through a petition filed in the court of domestic violence. Babu said that he became a lawyer so that his mother could regain her respect in society.
Babu’s mother, Sulochana, of Sannur village in Raiparthy mandal and Pamu Somaiah of Warangal city married in 1971 and had two children, Babu and his sibling Raja Ravikiran. However, due to family disputes, the couple frequently fought and got divorced.
Since then, Sulochana and her two sons were residing at her parents’ house in Sannur.
Sulochana, an illiterate person, had previously approached the court for alimony and got a favourable decision in 1997 after five years of running pillar to post. But, she failed to complete other formalities due to which Somaiah did not pay his ex-wife alimony or funds to take care of their children.
Babu, the elder of the two siblings, said that he was aware of his parent's divorce and subsequent monetary issues. His attempt, as an Intermediate student, to get a decree passed by the court failed. However, this only steeled his resolve to study to become a lawyer.
Due to the financial hardships faced by his family, Babu worked for a private company as the family’s breadwinner and also managed to save funds to pursue his dream.
In 2014, Sharath secured admission to a five-year law course and graduated as a lawyer in 2019. He started his practice and after two years, took up his mother’s case as his first independent one. He obtained the decree passed by the court in 1992 and filed a case, managing to win the case this year.
