In January 2022, the Supreme Court conferred daughters with equal right to the father’s property even prior to codification of Hindu Personal Laws and enactment of the Hindu Succession Act in ______.

The correct answer is 1956.

Step-by-step Explanation:

1. Background of the Hindu Succession Act:
The Hindu Succession Act was enacted by the Parliament of India in the year 1956. It was designed to codify and amend the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs. The Act of 1956 brought about unified rules of inheritance but initially retained certain gender inequalities, particularly regarding coparcenary property.

2. Supreme Court Judgement of January 2022:
In January 2022, in a significant judgment (Arunachala Gounder (Dead) v. Ponnusamy), the Supreme Court of India ruled on the property rights of daughters. The Court held that a daughter is capable of inheriting the self-acquired property of her father dying intestate (without a will), and such succession is not restricted only to the period after the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The Court established that a daughter's right to inherit her father's property existed even prior to the codification of Hindu Personal Laws and the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

3. Conclusion:
Therefore, the blank in the statement is filled by the year of the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act, which is 1956.