Education loan interest deductible for borrower; tuition fee relief limited to two children under a separate deduction.
Only interest paid on an education loan for the taxpayer or a dependent qualifies under the education-loan interest deduction head, while tuition fees qualify under a separate tuition-fee deduction head and are restricted to tuition paid for a limited number of children; the two deductions are distinct and non-overlapping.

Deduction under section 80C: Post Office five year time deposit qualifies as an eligible investment for deduction.
Contributions to the Post Office five year time deposit scheme are eligible to be claimed as a deduction under section 80C, and may be included among other specified investments such as life insurance premiums, deferred annuities and provident fund contributions, subject to the overall limits and conditions applicable to 80C deductions.

Section 80C deduction excludes loan repayments for renovation or repair of residential property under income tax law.
Repayments of loans taken for renovation or repair of residential property are not eligible for deduction under deduction under section 80C, which is confined to specified savings and investment outlays such as life insurance premiums, deferred annuities and provident fund contributions and does not include repair or renovation costs of a dwelling.

Deduction under section 80C: repayment of principal on housing loan qualifies, interest payments do not.
Payments toward the cost of purchase or construction of a new residential property qualify for deduction under the provision and expressly include repayment of the principal amount of a housing loan; interest paid on such a housing loan is not eligible for deduction under the same provision.

Deduction under section 80C covers life insurance, provident fund and deferred annuity contributions and limited tuition fees.
Deduction under section 80C permits tax deductions for specified savings and insurance instruments such as life insurance premia, provident fund contributions and deferred annuities, subject to statutory limits and qualifying conditions. Only tuition fees paid in India for full time education of up to two children qualify as deductible educational expenses; other charges like development fees or donations are not eligible.

Deduction under section 80C available only to individuals and HUFs for life insurance and provident fund contributions.
The provision permits deduction for life insurance premia, deferred annuity premiums and contributions to provident funds, available exclusively to Individual and HUF taxpayers as the classes eligible to claim the tax benefit.

Clubbing of minor income: investments made by the minor qualifying for investment-based deductions may be claimed when income is clubbed.
When a minor's income is clubbed with a parent's income, investments made by the minor that qualify under the investment-based deduction framework-including life insurance premiums, provident fund contributions, and deferred annuity payments-may be considered as deductible in computing the parent's taxable income.

Deduction under 80C: eligible life insurance premiums allowed up to policy ceilings; excess disallowed; one policy's maturity taxable.
Deduction under Section 80C allows life insurance premiums up to policy wise ceilings based on a percentage of the sum assured. Policy A (sum assured 200,000) with a ceiling of 20% permits the full 25,000 premium as deductible; Policy B (sum assured 100,000) with a ceiling of 10% permits only 10,000 of the 12,000 premium as deductible. The total deduction equals the aggregate of eligible premiums, and Policy B's maturity proceeds are not exempt from tax.

Deduction under 80C: spouses can separately claim education-related deductions based on their individual contributions and limits.
Spouses who each make genuine payments toward a child's education may separately claim a deduction under deduction u/s 80C based on their respective contributions, with each spouse's claim limited by the statutory individual ceiling; the wife may claim her actual payment and the husband may claim up to the maximum permissible individual deduction.

Deduction under section 80C for adopted child's school fees permitted where the statute is silent on biological status.
Because 80C does not specify that the child must be biological, deductions for school fees paid for an adopted child are treated as permissible under the provision; the operative legal point is the statute's silence regarding the child's biological status.

Tuition fee deduction under 80C covers institutional tuition but excludes transport, hostel, library and private tuition charges.
Deduction under Section 80C allows tuition fee claims only for amounts paid to recognised educational institutions, including pre nursery, play school and nursery class fees; excluded are transport, hostel, mess, library and vehicle stand charges, late fees, part time and distance learning course fees, and private tuition.