Chartered Accountant
1693 Points
Joined April 2014
As per section 80c:
80C (xviii) for the purposes of purchase or construction of a residential house property the income from which is chargeable to tax under the head "Income from house property" (or which would, if it had not been used for the assessee's own residence, have been chargeable to tax under that head), where such payments are made towards or by way of-
a)....
b)....
c) repayment of the amount borrowed by the assessee
There is no specification that the amount should be due to the bank / financial institution and thus assessee would be eligible to claim deduction u/s 80C on pre payment of housing loan.