Srinagar, Dec. 2 -- Thirteen months is a long time in governance. Long enough for policies to shift, governments to settle and institutions to stabilise. But in Jammu & Kashmir, thirteen months have passed without the appointment of an important constitutional authority: the Advocate General. And the silence surrounding this vacancy is beginning to speak louder than any official explanation.On June 11 this year, during a hearing on the Nav Durga Jhaleri Mata Shrine temple management, Justice Rahul Bharti questioned how long the Union Territory could "go without an Advocate General in office."The Court noted that Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), which empowers the Advocate General (AG) to file civil suits for the better man...