( 1 ) HEARD learned Advocates on both sides.

( 2 ) THIS appeal is preferred by the parents of a 17 year old college student by the name of Sudhir who was injured on the evening of 14-12-1989 near Belekeri pursuant to which he died on the spot. The claimants before the Tribunal were the father and mother of the boy. They had pointed out that he was 17 years old, that he was studying in the First Year Diploma Course in the Govt. Polytechnic College, Karwar. They have also submitted that they are agriculturists and that they had virtually sacrificed all that they could for purposes of giving their son a good education and that they were very confident that he would secure a good job shortly thereafter and they were having all their hopes on him. Significantly enough, what they have contended was that they have virtually invested whatever they could afford on the education of the boy and that as a result of his death, not only have they lost everything that they had put in but more importantly their dear son leaving them high and dry as a result of his sudden demise, all their expectation that he would be of support to them in the years to come has been dashed to the