Writ Petitions, etc. in the High Court to be heard by Division Bench.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or in any instrument having the force of law, every application for the issue any of any direction, order or writ under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and every application invoking the jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 227 or Article 228 of the Constitution of India, pending before the High Court of judicature at Bombay, on the date of commencement of this Act, of filed on or after the said date, whether the matter in dispute is or has arisen in Greater Bombay or outside Greater Bombay, shall be heard and disposed of by a Division Bench of by a single Judge by the Chief Justice of the High Court: Provided that, the High Court may, by rules made after previous publication 1[***], prescribe that such of the applications referred to above, arising in Greater Bombay or outside Greater Bombay, as may be specified in the rules, may be heard and disposed of by a single Judge appointed by the Chief Justice.