Developement and progress have their side effects. This holds true for almost all developed societies/economies/nations. Lawsuits and sueing is one of such cases in hand here. Not quite long ago, Indians often found incidents of sueing for the bizzare (to Indians, at least) reasons hilarious which was (and is) common in developed nations. For example, you can sue your government if airport near your home makes noise which disturbs your sleep, or even better, lowers the fertility of chickens you farm! Or that a daughter, who was apparently conceived in test-tube, sued her parents because they could not afford to pay higher for better quality of chromosomes/hormones which would have made her more beautiful and intelligent! These are true cases. Infact, in my recently concluded training for First-Aid by American Red Cross, my instructor emphasized the need to obtain consent of victim before you provide him any first-aid, for you never know if he really wanted to die and could sue you for saving him! Apparently, they even have this law in US, called Good Samaritan Law, which nullifies any case charged on person providing First-Aid or other help by victim in case victim was not in position to give informed consent when help was needed.
Recent reports of sueing of Indian filmmakers from all and sundry seems to indicate that trend in starting in India too! Well, these are, perhaps, signs of liberal democracy and progress! Note that all major (bollywood) movies released in last one month have been dragged in court.
We start with Karan Johar's Kaal. This was charged by animal right activists for alleged ill treatments of Tigers in Orbit National Park. Next was Jo Bole So Nihaal which are charged by Shrimani Gurudwara Prabandhan Committee, the committee which maintains Golden Temple in Amritsar, and is major body representing Sikhs, that the title of movie is a religious phrase which should not be used for a commercial movies showing women in skimpy clothes! They further add, and with quite a mean and disgusting blow to Indian nationhood, that roles of Sikhs in movies must be played by Sikhs only! Next in line is Shahrukh Khan starrer Paheli, where animal rights activists again sue producer/director for alleged whipping of camels during a race scene in movie. I am not very fan of these "rights activists" be it animal, women, or human. Most of times their efforts and energies are directed towards publicity than making any real difference to either animal, woman or human. Okay, whipping camels is bad, but comm'on, they are not being tortured, and who doesn't whip his animal once in a while. And there are millions of serious issues involving brutal and torturous murder of cows and tigers and elephants in country but perhaps they are not good enough for publicity. And then Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh disputed recently released Bunty Aur Bubbly for its potrayel of woman in Akhada (local wrestling rings) because supposedly women can't enter Akhadas!
Now none of these issues deserve a lawsuits, except Kaal case where I don't know details enough to decide. But then ...