Jodhpur, April 29 -- Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday ordered regulatory measures for the protection of leopards in the Jawai Leopard Reserve in Pali district, directing that no construction be carried out without its permission and that tourism activities immediately come under a regulated framework.

A bench of Justices Dr Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Sandeep Shah passed the directions while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Pali resident Apoorva Agarwat regarding growing ecological pressure on the landscape due to unregulated activities.

The bench said, "The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth." It noted that environmental protection is integral to human survival and cannot be treated merely as a matt...