Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board stated that Triple talaq law is disastrous for Muslim women and increases difficulties for them.
The Board commented on the Centre’s decision to celebrate August 1 as Muslim Women Day. In a tweet, it said- “In the pretext of Triple talaq law, today Central government has announced to celebrate Muslim Women Day. On this Board’s Working General Secretary @hmksrahmani expressed his views stating that Triple talaq law is disastrous for Muslim women. It has increased difficulties for Muslim women.”
Union Minorities minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who defended the abolition of triple talaq claiming that the law to criminalise triple talaq has reduced such instances by 80 per cent and the law came into effect on August 1, 2019, and banned instant divorce, known as triple talaq.
Smriti Irani, Union Minister of Women and Child Development stated that Muslim Women Day is to salute the spirit and struggle of Muslim women. While Irani and Bhupender Yadav in a function on triple talaq Naqvi, he stated that cases of triple talaq have dropped by 80% since the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act was enacted. In Uttar Pradesh, there were over 63,000 cases and after enactment of the law, cases dropped to 221. Bihar registered 49 cases after the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act.
