ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellant is assailing the judgment and order dated 27.04.2018, passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in MFA No. 5178/2017 and MFA No. 3985/2017.

3. Through the said judgment and order, the High Court has reduced the compensation to Rs. 19,74,000/- (Rupees Nineteen Lakhs Seventy Four Thousand Only) with interest at the rate of 6% per annum as against the sum of Rs. 33,65,000/- (Rupees Thirty Three Lakhs Sixty Five Thousand Only) with interest at the rate of 8% per annum awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal ('MACT' for short).

4. The issues relating to the accident having occurred and the son of the claimant having died in the said accident, is not in dispute.

5. The age of the deceased being 23 years at the time of death, is also not in dispute.

6. The only aspect of consideration in this appeal is with regard to the appropriate income of the deceased to be reckoned and the nature of future prospects to be taken into consideration so as to assess the loss of the dependency.

7. MACT while taking note of this aspect, has arrived at a conclusion that from the evidence available on record, the deceased was a final year MCA student and as s