Justice Majanja left behind a will that has plunged his family into one of the most painful, public and protracted succession disputes in recent judicial memory. He drafted it in June 2014.
JSC will now forward the list of successful candidates to President William Ruto for formal appointment.
Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has expressed remorse and committed to refraining from future attacks on judges.
The judge stressed that women should not be relegated to the lowest rung in matters of inheritance.
High Court Judge Chacha Mwita on Thursday defended his decision to require a parent serve documents to a hospital on an urgent intervention where a child was in critical condition.
According to the singer, the pain was compounded by the realisation that the same individuals who had hurt him before were still present in church, watching and judging him.