Whether the assessee can claim deduction u/s 80D in respect of medical premium payment ?

Myself (aged 58 years) is paying Mediclaim premium for my family (myself,wife and two daughters) and also paying Mediclaim for my parents (father aged 86 years and mother aged 81 years).  I  do claim the benefit under 80D for the premium paid for my family as well as parents. My father has an average yearly expenses of Rs 20000/ for Medicines on hypertension and my mother for some preventive medicines (recently had breast cancer surgery done). Can my father (who is a taxpayer with income marginally higher than Rs 5 Lakhs) claim deduction under 80D for the medical expenses ?…

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