  Neutron star merger event GW170817 sets an upper limit on the maximum mass of
non-rotating neutron stars. Consequently, this event puts strong constraints on
the dense matter equation of state (EoS). A comparative study of dense matter
equations of state (EoSs) is presented here. It is found that the $\Lambda$
hyperon EoS BHB$\Lambda\phi$ (Banik, Hempel $\&$ Bandyopadhyay 2014)
constructed within the framework of the density dependent hadron field theory
is favoured.
