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msme-payment-dispute-dataset

language: en
license: mit
tags:
  - legal
  - msme
  - dispute-resolution
  - tabular-data
  - india
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification

MSME Payment Dispute Dataset

Description

This dataset contains structured case-level information for MSME payment disputes in India.

The dataset was constructed from structured extraction of:

MSME arbitration awards
Commercial court decisions
Public legal case repositories

All records are anonymized and structured for machine learning purposes.

Dataset Size

~4,600 structured cases
3 outcome classes:
- win
- settlement
- escalation

Features

Column	Description
claim_amount	Monetary claim value
delay_days	Payment delay duration
buyer_type	govt / private
contract_present	Whether formal contract exists
industry_sector	Sector classification
claim_imputed	Indicator if claim was imputed
delay_imputed	Indicator if delay was imputed
outcome_label	Target outcome (win / settlement / escalation)

Preprocessing Steps

Removed rare labels
Removed invalid zero values
Outcome-based delay imputation
Model-based claim imputation
Missingness flags added (claim_imputed, delay_imputed)

Intended Use

Research in legal AI
Tabular ML benchmarking
MSME risk analysis
Delay & claim prediction modeling
Fairness & bias studies in legal outcomes

Limitations

Structured data only (tabular)
No raw legal document text included
Synthetic augmentation applied in some cases
Not an official government dataset
Potential selection bias (only decided/arbitrated cases)