Amendment to Income Tax Act limits tax benefits to one residential property in India from 2015-16 onward.

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....LTCG - Deduction u/s 54 on investment made in five house properties - Amendment made available on the statute, vide the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2014 w.e.f. 01.04.2015 pursuant whereto the term “a residential house” had been substituted by “one residential house in India”, rather supports the fact that the restriction of making the investment in only one residential house had been made available on the statute only with effect from A.Y. 2015-16, and as such cannot be extended to the years prior to that. - AT....